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J. G. KRICHBAUM. DEVICE FOR IANDIGATING LIFE IN BURIED PERSONS.10.268,693.

Patented Deo. l5, 1882.

IIIHII WITNESSES QM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN e. KEIOHBAUM, or YOUNGs'rOwN, OHIO, AssIGNOE or AOmi-THIRD ToNICHOLAS BIxLEn, OE SAME PLACE.

DEVICE FR INDICATING LIFE IN BURlED PERSONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of 'Letters Patent No. 268,693, datedDecember 5, v1885?..

Application filed September 2, 1882.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I," JOHN G. KEIOHBAUM, ofYoungstown, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Indicating Life inBuried Persons; and [do hereby declare that the following` is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it apperrains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification, and in which- Figure l is a longitudinal verticalsection of a grave provided with my device for indicating life in buriedpersons. Fig. 2 is a crosssection of the same, and Fig. 3 is aperspective detail view of the device proper.

4Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all. thefigures.

My invention has relation to that class o devices for indicating life inpersons buried under doubt of being in a trance in which connection isobtained between the person in the grave and an indicator on the groundover the grave through a casing or tube leading from the surface of theground down to the coffin; and it consists in the improved construction,cornbination, and arrangement of parts of the same, as hereinafter.`more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A representsa coffin orburial-casket, of any desired shape, with a body in it. In the lid ofthe coffin is a bushing, c, through which passes a T-shaped pipe, B,having a cross-pin, b, in the upper end, and the branches of which reston the body near its hands. The cross-pin b. passes into a longitudinalslot, c, of a pipe, C, which fits into the upper end of the pipe B. Bymeans of a set-screw,d, a sleeve, D, is adjustably'astened to theupperend of thetube G. This sleeve is provided with a catch, f', whichclasps the lianged collar f of the neck of a cylin` drical box, F,fastened above the grave, and

. provided with a anged cover, E, which freely turns on the upper edgeof the box F. In the (No model.)

center of cover E is a circular aperture, c, to which is fitted a tube,G, whose lower slotted end engages a cross-pin, g, in the upper end 5oYof sleeve D. To the flange of cover E is fastened an index, h, whichpoints to a marked scale, H, on the side of box F, which is fastened ona wooden box extending from the co-t'- n to the surface of thegrave.

' It will be seen that if the person buried should come to life a motionof his hands will turn the branches of theT-shaped pipe B, upon or nearwhich his hands are placed, and by each of the different pipes beingconnected by 6o having the cross-pin in its upper end engaging the slotin the lower end of the one above, the cover E will turn and the indexwill show on the scale that it has been turned. If the person thenshould turn in the coffin or make 'any more violent motion, he will pushthe pipe B upwardand push the cover OE the top ot the box. The catch fon the sleeve D will be pushed over the flanged collar f and 'hold itup, so that nobody from the outside can press 7o the cover down again. Asupply of air sufficient for allowing thel person in the coin to Ibreathe freely enters the coffin through the pipes and will keep himalive till help arrives.

To keep rain or other water from entering 7 5 through the pipe the boxand cover above the grave may be coveredby a glass casing, so that theindex still remains in full view of p'ersons passing. When the personhas been buried a sufficiently long time to insure the 8o certainty ofdeath the apparatus may be removed by lifting box F and tubes D and Uout ofthe outside casing, leavin g the TI shaped tube B in the coffin,the slot in the lower end of tube C allowing it to be withdrawn from itsposition on the crosspiu b, whereupon the hole inside the outer casingmay be covered or filled with earth and the surface leveled, and thedevice, or the parts left of the device, used upon another grave. oHaving thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States` In a device for indicating life inburied per- 26eme sons, the T-shaped pipe B, tube C, having Intestilnonythatclemthe foregoingas my sleeve D,provided with acat-ch,f,box F, havown I have hereunto affixed my signature in ingflanged collarf, and anged cover E, havpresence of two witnesses.ingndexh,m1d provided With downward-lorolJOHN G.' KRIGHBAUM.

5 jecting tube G, constructed and combined snb- Vitnesses:

stantially es and for the purpose herein shown THos. H. WHITESIDE, anddescribed. M. H. BURKY.

